Lumber for forming casings for window and door interior trim



June 24, 1930. MCMILLEN 1,765,931

LUMBER FOR FORMING CASINGS FOR WINDOW AND DOOR-"INTERIOR, TRIM Filed May27; 1929 \H i INVENTOR O Wrmaw BYWM 7 ATTORNEY Patented -.m.,'e;z4, 1930UNITED "ST TE-1s TENT O FIC 'NOBMAN F. CMILLE or noel-Insult, NEW our:

- Applieatioir filed may 27,

The present invention relates to .lumber.

for forming casings for window and-door interior trim, and the'objectthereof .is "to to secure by Letters Patent is: a

provide a construction which is formed at 5 the mill whereby certainlabor is eliminated on the partof the workman in assembling the trim.Another object 'of the invention is to provide lumber for the sidecasingsv or mull-ion casing of window or doorinterior trim-havingcopingsat fone end shaped to form a matching. lit over the moulding on the headeasing.

To these and'other ends, the invention consists; of certain parts. andcombinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described: thenovel feature being pointed outin the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. .1, a view 111 elevation of window.

trim made from this invention; V

Fig. 2-is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1

' Fig. 3 is a perspectheview of the side casing with the coped end;.'and I Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the mullion I casing with thecoped end.

. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention 1 indicates the sidecasing and- 2 the ahead casingand 3 the mullion casing. The

. first two of t-hesepieces have a moulded edge 4"for med n thelongitudinal edge thereof, while the latter has n'iqulded edges 4' onboth longitu'dinal edges and having j any desired. form. The lumber fromwhich thesidecasingsl ormullion casing 3 are formed has at one or bothends a transversely extending cope 5' which will'form a matching fitwith the moulded edge. on head easing 4:. When the coping is formed atboth ends, the lumber should have a'length sufficient to "form both sidecasings .l or

. mullion casings 3, and if desiredesulficient also to form the headeasing 2. The lumber 1929. Seria1No -36,230. 1

As a new. article of manufacture, a win- 58 dow or. door casing. sidepiece or mullion casing having-a greater width than thickness and ofsuch a length as to extend throughout the length of a door or window,'at least. one longitudinal edge of said piece 150 being moulded, onetransverse end having a straight'cut and theother transverse end havinga'coping which meets and is at right angles to the; moulded longitudinaledge and is complementary to such moulded edge, 05 the rear edge of thecoping lying in'. the plane ofthe rear face of the piece and being setinwardly a distance equally as great as the depth ofthe mouldedlongitudinal edge, said coped end being free of any pro- 7.0 jectionsbeyond the coping, which coping when placed over the moulded edge on thelongitudinal sideof a like piece of easing maybe nailed to each other atthis point. so

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then may be cut to the desired length for v A the opening and the copedends fitted in.

.matched condition over theinoulded edge of the head casing 3', thusmaking it necessary for the workman only to saw the casing to the properlength 'to caseup the opening.

If the side pieces 1 are sold in separate;

